{"id":56748,"date":"2019-07-17T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T05:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56748"},"modified":"2019-07-17T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T05:31:29","slug":"court-grants-exemption-to-rahul-gandhi-from-appearance-in-modi-surname-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-exemption-to-rahul-gandhi-from-appearance-in-modi-surname-defamation-case","title":{"rendered":"Court grants exemption to Rahul Gandhi from appearance in \u2018Modi surname\u2019 Defamation Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Court posted the matter for further hearing on Oct 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia last week had issued summons to Gandhi after finding that there was prima facie a case of criminal defamation against him under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"56749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-exemption-to-rahul-gandhi-from-appearance-in-modi-surname-defamation-case\/download-2019-07-17t110050-500\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download &amp;#8211; 2019-07-17T110050.500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-17T110050.500.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, Gandhi\u2019s lawyer Kirit Panwala moved the exemption application, saying his client received summons only a few days back and it was difficult for him to appear personally at such a short notice owing to his prior commitments.<\/p>\n<p>The Court then granted Gandhi exemption from personal appearance and kept the next hearing on Oct 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Court earlier issued summons to Gandhi on a complaint filed on April 16 by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi under IPC Sections 499 and 500 that deal with criminal defamation.<\/p>\n<p>In his complaint, the MLA from Surat-West seat claimed Gandhi was defaming the entire Modi community by his remark that \u201chow come all thieves have Modi as common surname\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The MLA was referring to an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, where Gandhi asked, \u201cNirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi\u2026how come they all have Modi as common surname? How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?\u201dLast week, Gandhi appeared before an Ahmedabad court on summons issued in another criminal defamation case filed by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel over the Congress leader\u2019s tweet allegedly defaming the bank.<\/p>\n<p>In yet another case of criminal defamation case in Ahmedabad, a metropolitan court last week reissued summons to Gandhi for calling Union minister Amit Shah a \u201cmurder accused\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Court posted the matter for further hearing on Oct 10. The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia last week had issued summons to Gandhi after finding that there was prima facie a case of criminal defamation against him under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). 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